Brutally Normal
Brutally Normal is an American sitcom television series that starred Mike Damus[1] and aired on The WB.[2] The series premiered on January 24, 2000 with two back-to-back episodes later airing along with Zoe... A total of eight episodes were produced with only five of those episodes airing with the show being canceled on February 14, 2000.
| Brutally Normal | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Michael Goldberg Tommy Swerdlow |
| Written by | Stephen Chbosky Michael Goldberg Will McRobb Tommy Swerdlow Chris Viscardi |
| Directed by | Marc Buckland Michael M. Robin Lev L. Spiro Randall Zisk |
| Starring | Mike Damus Lea Moreno Eddie Kaye Thomas Tangie Ambrose Antwon Tanner Joanna Pacula |
| Composers | Stuart Copeland Ryan Beveridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (3 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael Goldberg Tommy Swerdlow Greer Shephard Michael M. Robin |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Swerdlow-Goldberg Style The Shephard/Robin Company Touchstone Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | The WB |
| Original release | January 24 – February 14, 2000 |
Premise
The series revolved around Pooh (Mike Damus), a teenage boy with a group of diverse friends. Anna (Lea Moreno) is a foreign exchange student and Russell (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is his wise-cracking best friend all going through their senior year at Wacker H. Normal High School. Many of the show's story lines dealt with surreal situations that the group would get into hence the series name.
Cast
- Mike Damus as Robert "Pooh" Cutler
- Lea Moreno as Anna Pricova
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Russell Wise
- Tangie Ambrose as Dru
- Antwon Tanner as Shaheem
- Joanna Pacula as Gogi Pricova
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "You Get What You Get" | Marc Buckland | Stephen Chbosky | January 24, 2000 | N-602 |
| 2 | "Barricade" | Marc Buckland | Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi | January 24, 2000 | N-605 |
| 3 | "Mouth Full of Warm Roses" | Michael M. Robin | Tommy Swerdlow & Michael Goldberg | January 31, 2000 | N-603 |
| 4 | "Stretching Ethics" | Marc Buckland | Tommy Swerdlow & Michael Goldberg | February 7, 2000 | N-606 |
| 5 | "Well Solved Sherlock" | Lev L. Spiro | Stephen Chbosky | February 14, 2000 | N-604 |
| 6 | "Damaged Goods" | Randall Zisk | TBD | Unaired | N-607 |
| 7 | "Road Trip" | TBD | TBD | Unaired | N-608 |
| 8 | "Pilot" | TBD | TBD | Unaired | N-601 |
References
- Bobbin, Jay (January 23, 2000). "New WB series finds teen-agers with 'Brutally Normal' lives". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- Owen, Rob (January 24, 2000). "'Brutally Normal' is just an average show". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Brutally Normal"]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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